[tei-council] Finalizing statement

[Laurent Romary]

Dear all,
It may be difficult to converge through further iterations and would like to issue the text below.
May I ask anyone with a major problem to shout or I'll send this by noon my time.
Cheers.
Laurent

Le 18 août 2011 à 05:33, Martin Holmes a écrit :

> Could we dispense with the repetition of "The TEI Council" and go with 
> "We" in some of the sentences? And could some of the sentences be joined 
> into paragraphs?
> 
> This is the sort of thing I mean:
> 
> ###
> = A statement from the TEI Technical Council on the recent actions of
> the TEI Board of Directors =
> 
> The TEI Technical Council is shocked and saddened by the sudden actions
> at the TEI Board of Directors which led to the resignation of its chair
> and the implications this may have for the ability of the TEI Board of
> Directors to work effectively as representatives of the TEI community.
> 
> The TEI Technical Council appreciated the willingness of the outgoing
> chair to provide a vision for the TEI that could have contributed to
> reforming the TEI Consortium as an organization. We believe that the 
> events announced by the TEI Board of Directors on 15 August 2011, 
> pending greater explanation, have caused real harm to the TEI 
> Consortium, and we wish to know the Board's plans for restoring the 
> Consortium's reputation and good standing in the community.
> 
> The TEI Technical Council continues to function and wants to get on with 
> its job of improving and openly maintaining the Guidelines and
> associated systems and resources on behalf of the TEI community. We hope 
> that the TEI Board of Directors will consider the issues that the 
> outgoing chair raised as it moves forward, and we desire a greater 
> transparency and accountability in TEI Board of Directors activities, 
> notwithstanding the minutes of meetings it already publishes. We call 
> for reforms that introduce mechanisms to make TEI Board of Directors 
> activities more transparent and built on greater consultation with the 
> TEI community.
> ###
> 
> On 17/08/2011 6:42 PM, Kevin Hawkins wrote:
>> I meant to offer the version below as well but got distracted.  I
>> maintain the ordering (first background and then proposed actions),
>> which I feel is critical.  I have also added a title, which could be
>> used as a subject line.
>> 
>> ###
>> 
>> = A statement from the TEI Technical Council on the recent actions of
>> the TEI Board of Directors =
>> 
>> The TEI Technical Council is shocked and saddened by the sudden actions
>> at the TEI Board of Directors which led to the resignation of its chair
>> and the implications this may have for the ability of the TEI Board of
>> Directors to work effectively as representatives of the TEI community.
>> 
>> The TEI Technical Council appreciated the willingness of the outgoing
>> chair to provide a vision for the TEI that could have contributed to
>> reforming the TEI Consortium as an organization.
>> 
>> The TEI Technical Council believes that the events announced by the TEI
>> Board of Directors on 15 August 2011, pending greater explanation, have
>> caused real harm to the TEI Consortium and wish to know the Board's
>> plans for restoring the Consortium's reputation and good standing in the
>> community.
>> 
>> The TEI Technical Council continues to function and wants to get on with
>> its job of improving and openly maintaining the Guidelines and
>> associated systems and resources on behalf of the TEI community.
>> 
>> The TEI Technical Council hopes that the TEI Board of Directors will
>> consider the issues that the outgoing chair raised as it moves forward.
>> 
>> The TEI Technical Council desires a greater transparency and
>> accountability in TEI Board of Directors activities, notwithstanding the
>> minutes of meetings it already publishes.
>> 
>> The TEI Technical Council calls for reforms that introduce mechanisms to
>> make TEI Board of Directors activities more transparent and built on
>> greater consultation with the TEI community.
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Laurent Romary
INRIA & HUB-IDSL
laurent.romary at inria.fr